Half the Country, Zero Hearings
The Senate held its first hearing on the menopause care gap. NIH spent $56M on menopause research in 2023, barely 0.12% of its budget.
The $26.6 Billion Nobody Counts
Menopause costs the U.S. ~$26.6 billion a year in lost work and medical bills — while research gets $56M. The hidden cost of menopause at work, and how to fix it.
The Funding Gap, 2026
Women's health gets ~6% of investment — and 90% of that goes to cancer, fertility and pregnancy. Why menopause and midlife fall through the gap, in 2026's numbers.
The Heart Attack They Missed
Women are 50% more likely to have a heart attack misdiagnosed — and misdiagnosis raises 30-day death risk ~70%. The signs no one taught you, and how to be heard.
What Actually Helps While You Wait
Waiting for answers on perimenopause? Evidence-based things that actually help — sleep, strength, CBT (18 RCTs) — and how to get believed at your appointment.
Six Thousand a Day, Thirteen Hundred Specialists
Why Your Doctor Wasn’t Taught This
Nearly 40% of women feel misdiagnosed in perimenopause — because only 31% of OB/GYN programs teach menopause. Why it happens, and how to advocate.
The Window Nobody Tells You About
New research finds perimenopausal women are twice as likely to have low cardiovascular health scores — driven by cholesterol and blood sugar. What it means, what's weak about it, and what to ask your doctor.
Hot Flash SOS
80% of women get hot flashes. Only 30% get treated. Here’s what actually works now — including two new non-hormonal drugs — and what to stop buying.
The Grandmother Hypothesis
Menopause isn’t a malfunction — it’s a feature. The orca study that proves post-reproductive women are survival infrastructure, and what it means for you.
Cortisol, Belly Fat, and the 3 A.M. Wake-Up.
The belly fat isn’t willpower and the 3 a.m. wake-up isn’t random. Here’s what menopause does to your cortisol — and the 7 things that actually help.
Why Your Doctor Keeps Missing It The Menopause Diagnosis Delay — and how to end yours
Only 6.8% of medical residents feel prepared to treat menopause. Here’s why your doctor missed it — and the exact words that end your diagnosis delay.
The Funding Gap That Left 1.2 Billion Women Behind. Follow the money. It will tell you everything.
Menopause gets 0.12% of the NIH budget — barely one-tenth of one percent. Follow the money behind why women’s health was never studied, what it cost you, and what’s finally changing.
The 70-Kilogram Man: How Medicine Built Itself on a Body That Isn't Yours
For a century, medicine was built on a 70kg male “reference man.” Here’s how women were left out — and what it means for your health today.